Overview

• According to NBC News reporting cited in new coverage, the Senate again fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance the House-passed bill to end the shutdown.
• Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated he will not reconvene the House until Senate Democrats vote on the measure and urged the public to pressure them.
• The core dispute centers on whether a short-term funding bill should include an extension of ACA premium tax credits, which Democrats insist on tying to any deal.
• On The View, Sunny Hostin said President Donald Trump "wants to screw up Obama's legacy" and warned that schoolchildren, low-income families, unhoused people, and seniors face the greatest harm.
• Whoopi Goldberg urged lawmakers in both parties to forgo their salaries until the government reopens, as cohosts also offered rare praise for Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s calls to act.